High-water mark
680.5028
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.5028 at Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-08-05
Smokin' Lefty's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2017-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.91
last 4 Master vs avg 661.91 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.55 · weakest Chicken (160.69)
Road miles
6
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Master avg
661.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORKY BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ELWOOD BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 (2017-08-04).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2017-08-04
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Smokin' Lefty's has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 88 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Smokin' Lefty's did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Lefty's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 159.4172 | 160.69 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 159.9656 | 164.82 | top 48% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 162.2860 | 167.85 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 163.3828 | 168.55 | top 36% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2017-08-05
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.55 · weakest Chicken (160.69)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
661.91
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
104–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2017-08-04
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6572 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
- 2014
- First call 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- First overall top-10 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- 2017
- Career-best overall score680.5028 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2
- Peak power rating (1521) Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2
- Most recent contest Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 | 2017-08-05 |
| +10.5 | 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska | 2014-08-15 |
| +1.5 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | 2013-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 | 2017-08-04 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 94.5% | 92.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-05 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 Omaha, NE | 18 / 50 (680.5028) | 44 (162.8456) | 5 (175.4172) | 16 (171.4172) | 17 (170.8228) |
| 2017-08-04 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE | 39 / 54 (646.1828) | 38 (160.5484) | 38 (159.9656) | 35 (162.2860) | 32 (163.3828) |
| 2014-08-15 | 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE | 9 / 38 (671.3028) | 24 (159.9544) | 26 (161.0856) | 3 (173.7028) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2013-09-27 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE | 28 / 56 (649.6572) | 41 (159.4172) | 25 (162.8116) | 24 (164.0000) | 26 (163.4284) |